CELEBRATIONS
AT COSON HOUSE AS COSON CHAIRMAN, CHIEF TONY OKOROJI RECEIVES ‘‘AFRICA’S PATRIOTIC
PERSONALITY AWARD’’
The
magnificent COSON House in Ikeja on Friday February 23, 2018 played host to
several students from around the African continent as COSON Chairman, Chief
Tony Okoroji was bestowed with the prestigious ‘‘Africa’s Patriotic Personality
Award’’ by the League of African Development Students (LEADS Africa) – an
umbrella body of democratic Students Union
from different countries in Africa.
The 6-member
team of LEADS Africa consisted of Njoku Obioma Daniel from Enugu State University,
Abayomi Okuwoga from Lagos State University, Okafor Obiageli from the
University of Benin, Benin Republic, Osisiogu Osikenyi from the Institute of Technology,
Accra, Tagheli Jean Bedel from the Universite De Yaoundé and Morgan Gabriel
from the University of Professional Studies, Accra, Ghana.
Addressing
the audience on the reason behind the award, the General Secretary, Osisiogu
Osikenyi said, ‘‘It is noteworthy to say that we are here to honour Chief Tony
Okoroji an erudite and proven authority in Africa’s creative space per
excellence as ‘Africa’s Patriotic Personality of the Year in recognition of his
outstanding contributions to Africa’s development via Copyright Advocacy, Human
and Nation Building, True Democracy, as well as his meritorious service to God
and humanity, and also COSON with ‘Corporate Mandate Delivery’ Merit Award the
for the corporate commitment towards achieving the mandate for which it was set
up. It is important to also emphasize the extent to which the mandate of COSON
is enabling the continuous growth of Nigeria. We as an organization in the past
2 – 3 years have paid attention to the issue of non – oil revenue and that coinciding
with the nose dive of oil prices that has been experienced, we have come to the
realization that apart from Agriculture, the Entertainment sector and especially
Intellectual Property, must be paid attention to by all as it is the next oil.’’
In his
response, Chief Okoroji said ‘‘I want to commend you all for your efforts at integrating
different countries in Africa at such a critical age for the development of our
continent. I believe that the division we have in terms of countries are artificial.
We are one people and we have one destiny. For the countries in Africa to work,
people must build them. We need to begin to make sacrifices to build our nation
even if it entails giving up our lives. That is a price we must pay for the
youths of Africa so that the youths of Africa will no longer be risking their
lives in the Mediterranean trying to get to Europe and then end up being sold
as slaves, and our young girls will not have to sell their body on the streets
around the world to make a living, because we have what it takes to build our
continent.’’
‘‘I want
to thank you all exceedingly on behalf of my family and on behalf of the management,
staff and members of COSON for the honour you have done to us today. We say Thank
you.’’ He concluded.
On hand
to receive the team were the COSON General Manager, Chinedu Chukwuji, COSON
Consultant, Prince Biodun Eguakhide, COSON Head of Finance and Administration,
Bernice Eriemeghe, COSON Head of Corporate Affairs, Chibueze Okereke and COSON
Head of New Media, Tolu Balogun.
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